Fishing Reports

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The French Broad River in Asheville, NC has been fishing really well when the river has had some clarity. Smallmouth bass and nice rock bass have been chewing artificial lures all day long. The topwater bite has been good in the morning and evening as well. Recent trips have netted over 50 bass with a…

Unpredictable water levels and clarity have sent me over to a more predicable river, the Tuckasegee! The daily release schedule helps regulate the Tuck’s water and make for really good morning smallmouth fishing. On a recent trip we were on the water by sun break catching smallies on the first cast. Topwater action was explosive…

Had a really fun day on the water with a couple on vacation from Charleston, SC. We caught bass and tons of bluegill using all types of methods and lures, including on the fly. The highlights of the trip were an early morning smallmouth and largemouth DOUBLE using topwater baits! Also, it’s always a special…

Smallmouth Bass have been active in the local rivers, when the water has clarity. Topwater and soft plastics have been taking fish all day. If stained or muddy water… we have had to use darker baits or some noise/flash to trigger strikes. Fishing in the morning or evening has been great for topwater action…

Bass have moved into summer feeding patterns, topwater action early and late… sometimes longer if overcast. Then moving into more of a finesse plastic patterns on most sunny days and afternoons. Recent trips have produced good numbers with a few bigger 17-18in smallmouth bass thrown in. One recent client boated a trophy smallmouth bass within…

Lately, with the rivers low and clear I have switched gears on trips by myself or with Lynae to 100% fly-fishing. I’ve personally needed to dive back into that world a little and have had a lot of fun targeting smallies plus wild trout this summer on the fly. I’d been pumped about this past…

With the mid to late summer pattern being a chance of scattered to isolated showers every afternoon, bass fishing really depends on river level and water clarity. This is not to say that we are not fishing muddy or stained water and having success. Outings on both the French Broad and Pigeon rivers have produced…

It was a wild, tough, and incredible day of fishing on the river; I’d say the best day of this season so far. This past Tuesday, I had two gentlemen on my boat bass fishing a local river, one being a Navy veteran. The river levels have been really low all of June and into…

Decided to float through the crowds of bankers and wadders on the DH waters of the Tuck. We did alright once we got to some clear water away from the crowds. Caught over 20 fish between the two of us. Mostly on in-line spinners, worms, and brown trout crank baits. That was really close to…

Fishing Update: My Fiancé just landed a job and moved up to the Mountain’s near Asheville were I have been living and working for two years in the public school system. She brought some good fishing luck with her, including landing a 18 1/2 inch Brown on the first trip out to the river (and…